Since their first literary appearance in Homer’s Odyssey, sirens have been luring men astray with their deadly voices in many a pop fiction. Homer and his crew were forced to float passed the singing snare, but Kirk and his band of space sailors were sent to the doomed site intentionally. While investigating the mysterious disappearance … More Siren Songs in Space, TAS: S1E4 “The Lorelei Signal”
The original Enterprise crew is back! Continuing their adventures right where they left off, The Animated Series exchanges Kirk’s five-year mission for an ongoing ‘star charting’ expedition, now rendered in a budget-friendly Hanna Barbara campiness. Aside from the obvious switch into the toonverse, and a shorter run time, there is no real difference between the … More The Ultimate Parasite, TAS: S1E1 “Beyond the Farthest Star”
In one of the most cringe worthy contamination scenarios brought about by a group of trained space scientists, the Enterprise crew is exposed to a disease causing agent manifesting bizarre behaviors in the affected. The episode opens with an away team, led by Spock, inspecting the planet Psi 2000 to investigate a research team that … More Operation Contamination, TOS: S1E4 “The Naked Time”
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